Do you have an e-book reader or tablet? Are you wondering if you can you use it to read library e-books at Northeastern? Find the answers here!
You don't need an e-book reader or tablet to read our e-books! Current NU faculty, staff and students may read e-books anywhere, anytime, on any computer or other device with internet access and a web browser. Check Scholar OneSearch for every licensed e-book in our collection.
iPad and other Apple IOS devices
Ebsco E-book collection e-books may be checked out for 7 days. Download the e-book to a computer with the use of Adobe Digital Editions (digital rights management software). Move to your Apple IOS device with iTunes. Use BlueFire, TXTR, or a similar app to read it. See Ebsco help for instructions.
Ebrary e-books may be checked out to your Apple IOS device for up to 14 days. There are two options:
- Download the Bluefire app from the App Store. Search ebrary books using the mobile Safari app, and read them offline using the Bluefire app.
- Search ebrary on a desktop or laptop and download the e-book to a computer with the use of Adobe Digital Editions (digital rights management software). Move the e-book to your Apple IOS device with iTunes. Use BlueFire to read it.
- Support is available from ebrary.
PDF options
Download a PDF portion of an ebook, and email or upload it to your Apple IOS device to read with iBooks or a PDF reader.
Kindle
Download chapters or portions of our e-books as individual PDF files to read on the Kindle. Due to digital rights protection, most library e-books cannot be read in their entirety offline using the Kindle.
PDF options
You may download a PDF portion of any of these e-books, and email or upload it to your Kindle.
Nook
Ebrary e-books may checked out to your Nook for up to 14 days. Downloaded the e-book to a computer, and use Adobe Digital Editions (digital rights management software), to unlock and move it to your Nook.
Ebsco E-book collection e-books may checked out for 7 days. Download the e-book to a computer, and use Adobe Digital Editions (digital rights management software), to unlock and move it to your Nook.
PDF options
You may download a PDF portion of any of these e-books, and upload it to your Nook:
More suggestions and help
We recommend Open Library for openly accessible e-books readable on any of the devices above--and more. Open Library is a clearinghouse for e-books digitized by libraries around the world through the Internet Archive project, plus everything in the famous Project Gutenberg collection. Registration and use is free.
Download summary:
- ACLS (up to 3 pages)
- Ebrary (one chapter or up to 60 pages, and in some cases entire book) see Ebrary download instructions
- Ebsco Ebook collection (up to 60 pages, and in some cases entire book)
- JSTOR, Knovel, NanoNetBase, Springer (chapter-by-chapter, no limit)
See also NU Librarian Julie Jersyk's Guide to e-books and e-book collections.